Costco Wholesale (COST) Change in Cash (2009 - 2026)

Costco Wholesale (COST) has 18 years of Change in Cash data on file, last reported at $1.2 billion in Q1 2026.

• Quarterly Change in Cash fell 19.53% year-over-year to $1.2 billion in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Feb 2026 was $5.0 billion (up 54.16% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $4.3 billion, up 212.15% from the prior year.
• Change in Cash retreated to $1.2 billion in Q1 2026, from $2.1 billion in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, Change in Cash ranged from a high of $3.3 billion in Q4 2023 to a low of -$7.9 billion in Q1 2024.
• A 5-year average of $272.5 million and a median of $1.0 billion in 2024 frame the typical range for Change in Cash.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2023 — Change in Cash surged 407.04% — and 2024, when it tumbled 474.46%.
• Tracing COST's Change in Cash over 5 years: stood at $653.0 million in 2022, then surged by 407.04% to $3.3 billion in 2023, then sank by 69.77% to $1.0 billion in 2024, then soared by 105.39% to $2.1 billion in 2025, then tumbled by 43.29% to $1.2 billion in 2026.
• The last three Change in Cash figures came in at $1.2 billion (Q1 2026), $2.1 billion (Q4 2025), and $325.0 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.